St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04
DOUBLE DIVORCE SUIT.
The Segelbaum Case in COurt--Tht
plaintiffs Unhappy Life.

Plaintiffs Unhappy Life.
Before Judge Rea yesterday morning
were begun the divorce suit of Max
Segelbaum against Adele Segelbaum
and the wife's suit against the husband.
The troubles of the unhappy couple
have been aired in court two or three
times before, and so did not attract much
of an audience. Some time in 1888 Mrs.
Segelbaum sued her husband for divorce
on the ground of cruel treatment. but
the suit was dismissed. In the present
actions Mr.. Segelbaum charges his wife
with deSertion, and she alleges cruel
and inhuman treatment on his part.
Mrs. Segelbaum was formerly clerk in
her husbands store, the first clerk he
ever employed, in fact, and was married
to him i'll Milwaukee. They have two
children, Albert, aged ten, and Irene,
seven years of age. When the case
opened yesterday there were large
number of friends of both parties pres
ent, among them Rabbi llliowiZi, the
pastor of the church to which Mr.. Segel-
baum belongs. He has tried in vain to
bring about a reconciliation between
Mr.. and Mrs. Segelbaum. Mrs. Segel-
baum was dressed in black, and wore a
heavy veil which nearly hid her face.
She smiled slightly as her husband took
the stand, and told the story of his mar
ried life-how the love between himself
and his wife had gradually cooled until
it was simplefDfture to live together.
Some four OF five years after they We're
married little difficulties arose, which
grew worse and worse, and, after being
denied q divorce in 1883, Mrs. Segel-
baum left her husband, and removed
her things from his home. There was
some trouble over the children, and it
is over them that the breech has
widened until all hopes of happy re-
union has been lost.
Mr.. Segelbaum was evidently smart
ing from his wrongs, real or imaginary,
when he began his story, but he told
about the unpleasant domestic episodes
in a calm and collected voice. Said he:
l wrote her several letters after she com
menced her suite for divorce, but never re-
ceived any replies. l finally heard she was
moving furniture from the house, and l said
l would stop it. took two drays and went
to the house, but was not admitted. went
10 the side door and Adele stood there comb
ing her hair. l went in and told her l
had come TO move the furniture and take the
children. She said: S'It is no matter to me
what you do, you are nothing to me-" She
took the children and went to the next
house. got them again under habeas cor
pus proceedings. She visited them
every week or two, but gradually
dropped off, but never entirely.
At Christmas. in 1884, / sent my wife book
of music, to show her l had not forgotten
her, and asked her TO come back to me again,
but Fnever received any reply.s About Oct.
i, 1865, l went to see her, 10 try and bring
about reconciliation, but she met me at the
door and told me she did not care to see
me any more. Other letters were written but
no reply came. Jan.s4, 1856, wrote to her
telling her l would deed her a house and lot
in Oak Lake, valued at some $4,000, if she
would take the children and live with me
again. She sent me the following letter:
''MaX-My love for my children and anX-
iety for Alberts health calls for the follow
ing suggestion: L cannot live with you as
your wife but if you will deed the house in
Oak Lake to me will endeavor to make a
home for our children where you can live
and will do all l can to make it comforta-
BILE. ADELE
"a. few days after this continued Mr.
Segelbaum, I'VE had an interview at my sis
ter's residence. There / told her it was time
we were coming to our senses, and asked her
how she would like to begin all over again.
She replied that it could never be, as she dis
liked me So Finally she consented to live
in the same house with me, and ate at
the same table but had a separate room
which she kept securely chained and locked.
My arm was then broken, about Christmas,
1856. and asked her to battle it. She said
she didn't care to, but finally did. The next
morning she refused to do it, and said she
didn't come there for that On Friday night
l took the children and blessed them, as is
our creed. She snatched them away and
said it was old-fashioned. Then she began
absenting herself from the table and the old
things came on again. During that summer
we sat at the table, when my mother eau
toned Albert about going out in the wet.
Adele said: Never mind what that old
witch says said, You stop your venomous
mouth or you leave this table. My mother is
as good as you She said, Why don't you
get divorce I'll go to Dakota with you
and you can get one in year. From that
time it was like fire and water
The croSS-eXamination brought out
nothing new, except that Mr.. and Mrs.
Segelbaum had had numerous disputes
over Mrs. Segelbaum's refusal to live in
the same apartments with her husband.
The most trivial matters seem to have
furnished ground for the hottest kind
of disputes. Mr.. Segelbaum's story in
regard to his unhappy life was cor
roborated by girl who formerly worked
for the family. The case will be con-
tinued to-day.